BRISBANE CUP CARNIVAL

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27987, 6 June 1956, Page 4

BRISBANE CUP CARNIVAL

New Zealand Horses Have Won £18,170 REDCRAZE HEADS LIST Press Association—Copyright) | /Rec. 9 p.m.) BRISBANE. June 5. New Zealand horses have already won: £. 18.170 in stakes at the Brisbane Cup; meeting, and could win more in the £2500 , Moreton Handicap on the final day at» Eagle Farm on Saturday. Redcraze’s share of the Brisbane Cup ‘ prize-money was £B4OO, which, with £1050; from the P. J. O'Shea Stakes on Satur-1 day. made his total for the meeting £9450. | -New Zealand horses took £BOOO of the I £lO.OOO prize for the Stradbroke Handi-‘ cap. The winner, T. C. Lowry’s Knave.; received £7OOO. and King's Fair got) £lOOO for third. Other New Zealanders in the Eagle! ■ Farm prize money were El Khobar. ’ Matchlock and Deceptive. The Knave-Redcraze double on the j Stradbroke-Brisbane Cup was first quoted at £l5OO to one, but was down to £l6O to one last week, following persistent inI quiries from Sydney, particularly for RedEl Khobar, which is still eligible for restricted class events, is outright favour- . ite for the Doomben Ten Thousand on July 7. Aboukir. Cragsley and King's Fair are ■ on the second line. Redcraze is sharing favouritism for the Doomben Cup on July 14, with another f New Zealand horse. Cambridge. However. Redcraze is being set for the Melbourne Cup and may not start at Doomben. Weights for the Doomben Ten Thou- . sand and the Doomben Cup will be de- • dared on June 13.